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eyes to cleare them from any moates.or other fuch like things are gotten within the liddes to offend them, asalfo 
to cleare them from white or red f pots in them. The Muccilage of the feed of either fort made with water and 
applyed to tumors or fwellings. difperfcth and taketh them away, andalfo draweth forth fplmters, thornes, oro- 
ther things gotten into the flcfh, the leaves ufed with vineger either by it felfe, or with a little honey, doth helpe 
hot inflammations, as alfo Biles, felons , and the hot inflammations that are gathered By their paines, ifit be apply- 
cd before they be growne too great. The powder of the dryed leaves put into the nofe provoketh neefing, and 
thereby purgeth the head and braines of much rheume and corruption. It provoketh to venery, either the fid or 
the leaves taken in wine, It is in much ufe with men or women that have weake backes, to helpe to flrenwbcn 
the reines, cither ufed by it felfe, or with other heavbes that conduce to the fame effedt, and in tanlies often, or the 
frefh leaves fried in butter, being firff dipped in a batter offlower, egges, and a little milke, fervedas a difh to the 
Table,is not unplcafantto any, but fpecially profitable forthofe, for whomyasl faid, it is convenient. Label and 
Venn faithy that fome Brewers of Ale and Beere in thefe Northerne regions (I thinke they rneane the Netherlands 
for fo Dodatum meaneth) doe put it into their drinke to make it the more heady, fit to pleafe drunkards who 
thereby according to their feverall difpofitions, become either dead drunke, or fbolifh drunke, or madde drunke. 
It bringeth downe womens defired fickneffe, and expelleth the fecondine, or after birth. It is ufed in Italy to bee 
given to women that are barren through a cold and moifl: difpofition, to heate and dry up that moiflure and to 
helpe them to he fruitfull, and flayeth the whites, it helpeth alfo a cold ftomackeoppreffe, with cold fle^me,purgeth 
the head of rheume and much corruption, the overmuch ufe hereof offendeth the head,and is hurtfull for the braine 
and memory. Yellow Clary,or htpiterj diftaffe is hot and drying, and the juyee is of efpeciall good ufe to clenfe 
and healefouie ulcers. The Ethiopion Clary is commended for the roughneffe of the throat,and tobelpeto expe- 
ftorate the rotten and purulentous matter in the Plurelie, or in other coughes, either the decoftion of the roote 
drunke, or made into an EleiTuary with honey. D iafeorides faithalfo, it is good for thofe that are troubled with 
-the Sciatica. 
Chap. XXI. 
J r trbafctm. Mullein. 
Any of the Verbafca Mulleins that are properly fo called, doe grow wild in divers and feverall places in 
our owne Country, and therefore are not ulually brought into gardens, yet becaufe lome of them arc 
more rare, and feldome met withall, I thinke it not amiffe to fhew you all of them here, with thofe alfo 
that have beene fent us from beyond Sea. 
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Vi.iho.fcim album vulgar e five Tapfui barbatm communis. 
Common Mullein. 
t . Verbafcum album vulgare five Tapfos barbatus communis. 
Common Mullein. 
The common white Mullein hath many faire large woolly white 
leaves lying next the ground, fomewhat longer than broad, poin¬ 
ted at the ends, and as it were dented about the edges: the ftalke 
rifethuptobeefoureor five foote high, covered over with fuch 
woolly leaves as the lowed, but leffer, fo that no, dalke can bee 
feene for the multitude of leaves thereon up to the flowers, which 
come forth on all fides of the ftalke, without any branches for the 
molt part,and are many fet together in a long fpike, in fome of a 
gold yellow colour, in others more pale, confiding of five round 
pointed leaves, which afterwards give fmall roundheads, where¬ 
in fmall brownifh feed is contained : the roote is long, white and 
wooddy, perifhing ever after it hath borne feed. 
2. Verbafcum Danicum humile. Dwarfe Mullein of Denmarke. 
This fmall Mullein groweth like the ordinary Mullein with 
yellow flowers, having fuch like woolly leaves growing thick to¬ 
gether at the bottome, but much fmaller : the ftalke rifeth not up 
above a foote high at the mod, fet with fome leaves thereon 
from the bottome: the flowers are very large for the proportion, 
of the plant, and yellow like the ordinary, differing in no other 
thing from it. 
3. Verbafcum meu folijs longioribus. White Mullein with 
long leaves. 
This Mullein hath many thicke white woolly leaves lying upon 
the ground, like unto the common white Mullein, but that they 
: arelomewhat narrower, and thereby feeming longer: from a- 
I mong which rifeth up a round hard woolly Aalke, about three 
: foote high, fet with the like leaves, as grow below , but fmaller 
unto the middle thereof, where it beginneth to give flowers, and 
n fome plants and places to divide it felfe into branches, whereon 
re fet many flowers, growing round about the dalkes or branches 
thicke together, confiding every one of five round pointed leaves, 
of a whitifla colour, and in fome plants and places more yellow, 
with a few yellow threads in the middle : in whofe places afterwards come round hard feed veflels, very like 
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